Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology

Omotic lexicon in its Afro-Asiatic setting VII: Further addenda to Omotic roots with *b-

“…II-III of my Egyptian etymological dictionary (EDE, with initial labials). Since then, I have managed to turn Bender's (2003) epoch-making Omotic comparative phonology and lexicon (arranged according to groups and English meanings of the basic lexicon) upside down by the work of several years (by spring 2020) and, henceforth, now I possess an as complete as possible Common Omotic comparative wordlist arranged A-Z according to the initial consonants of the Omotic roots, which may accelerate research for a more secure assessment of the Afro-Asiatic nature of the Omotic lexicon and, potentially, for turning Bender's provisional sets of consonantal correspondences and ad hoc lexical reconstructions into definitive ones. This new research of mine, starting in 2020, has brought forth a formerly unseen mass of new isoglosses between Omotic vs. esp.…”

New lexical materials for the Proto-Afro-Asiatic anatomical and physiological terminology I: Body part names with initial labials: General terms, head and neck

“…27 Where the Lautverschiebungen have not yet been definitely settled and a common lexical stock not yet fully established in spite of the giant, albeit global Omotic, steps by M.L. Bender (1987Bender ( , 1988Bender ( , 1994bBender ( , 2003, cf. also the equally global Cushomotic ("Old Cushitic") comparatistic research by M. Lamberti (both 1993vols., LS 1997 the 27 Chadic groups 28 or where we have at least some analogies for a working hypothesis that could project some light on the historical background of the comparanda coming from the lautgeschichtlich more obscure groups.…”

“…Still, for phonological reasons, not all of her comparanda convince us. 20 Such as the all too premature reconstruction of Proto-Cushitic (Dolgopol'skij 1973, Ehret 1987, Bender 2020, Proto-Omotic (Bender 1987(Bender , 1988(Bender , 2003, Proto-Chadic (Newman 1966, JS 1981and JI 1994I, Stolbova 1996, Proto-West Chadic (Stolbova 1986(Stolbova , 1987, Proto-Central Chadic (Gravina 2014). The common drawback of these pioneering efforts is an all too overwhelming rôle of the ad hoc factor due to a number of diverse reasons, first of all the neglaction of the smaller units/groups to be reconstructed first (except for Stolbova's WCh.…”

Omotic lexicon in its Afro-Asiatic setting VIII: Further addenda to the Omotic roots with *b- + dentals and sibilants (Part 1)

“…II-III of my Egyptian etymological dictionary (EDE, with initial labials). Since then, I have managed to turn Bender's (2003) epoch-making Omotic comparative phonology and lexicon (arranged according to groups and English meanings of the basic lexicon) upside down by the work of several years (by spring 2020) and, henceforth, now I possess an as complete as possible Common Omotic comparative wordlist arranged A-Z according to the initial consonants of the Omotic roots, which may accelerate the research for a more secure assessment of the Afro-Asiatic nature of the Omotic lexicon and, potentially, for turning Bender's provisional sets of consonantal correspondences and ad hoc lexical reconstructions into definitive ones. This new research of mine, starting in 2020, has brought forth a formerly unseen mass of new isoglosses between Omotic vs. esp.…”

“…NOm. : Macro-Ometo / "Ta-Ne" *gud-unt-"warthog, pig" [Bender 2003: 122 "rhinocéros" [Jng. 1973 | Somray bwÄrnī (m, f) "rhinocèros" [Jng.…”